![Oracle of Southern California [Cover title: S. Calif. Oracle], Vol. 1, no. 6, October, 1967](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/152/564/1699564152.0.m.jpg)
Oracle of Southern California [Cover title: S. Calif. Oracle], Vol. 1, no. 6, October, 1967
by Stan Russell [ed.]
Los Angeles, A.: Oracle of Southern California, 1967. Very Good+. Los Angeles, CA: Oracle of Southern California, 1967. First Edition. Tabloid format (38cm); color pictorial self-wrappers, disbound as issued; 31pp.; color illus. throughout. Newsprint unevenly toned, price cancel tipped to upper cover; Very Good or better without mail fold. Vibrant single issue of this offshoot of the... Read More
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![A Man Divided [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/952/567/1699567952.0.m.jpg)
A Man Divided [Signed]
by Olaf Stapledon
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1950. Very Good/Very Good. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1950. First Edition. Signed by Olaf Stapledon without inscription at title page. Octavo; 187pp. Printed dust jacket. Maroon boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket worn with some chipping to edges; general smudging and rubbing. Boards bumped along edges; binding sound; spotting to top... Read More
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The Nutcracker Suite from Walt Disney's Fantasia
by Walt Disney; Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky; Frederick Stark
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1940. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1940. First Edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket and boards. Boards stamped in black along spine. Price-clipped dust jacket rubbed and creased with some shallow chipping at corners, a few closed tears along edges, and a bit of fading to spine.... Read More
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Teatr Jana Kochanowskiego - Nude woman emerging from darkness
by Franciszek Starowieyski
1980. Very Good. Text on poster: Kobieta Plakacie 1905 w 1980 [Woman and Posters 1905-1980] // Kolekcja Floriana Zielińskiego [Florian Zielińskiego Collection] // Opole // Teatr Kochanowskiego. Date: 1980. Height x width: 96cm x 66.5cm (37.75" x 26.25"). Printing information: lower left corner: RSW „P-K-R" ZP Wr. 8470/80 5000 B1. Condition: No visual flaws. Starowieyski, among the... Read More
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The End of Mr. Garment
by Vincent Starrett
Garden City, NY: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1932. Very Good-/Very Good-. Garden City, NY: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Company, [1932]. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket (price torn away); [12],304pp. Jacket margins rather rubbed with a few small chips and closed tears, dark and extensive dampstaining mostly visible to... Read More
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
by Vincent Starrett
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1960. Very Good/Very Good. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1960. First Thus. Octavo (22cm); publisher’s graphic dust jacket with $4.75 price intact; publisher’s illustrated boards with red cloth spine and gilt lettering; 156pp. Cream endsheets. Includes twelve page spread of black-and-white photographs with a few scattered illustrations throughout. Jacket shows a few shallow... Read More
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Concert: The Ambassador of Jazz Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong and His All Stars
by [Pennsylvania; Jazz] Louis Armstrong and His All Stars
Harrisburg, PA: Penn-World Attractions, 1960. Very Good +. Harrisburg, PA: Penn-World Attractions, 1960. Broadside flyer (28x21.6cm) printed on peach stock advertising a Louis Armstrong concert at The Forum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1960. Minor wear and creasing to edges; Very Good or better. Promotion from a late career concert for Armstrong which took place a year... Read More
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Interesting Facts of the Washington, D.C. Market: “America’s No. 1 Market” Compared to All Cities in the U.S. In Relation to Average Buying Power Embracing the District of Columbia and the 25-Mile Shopping Radius Into Maryland and Virginia
by The Evening Star
Washington, DC: The Evening Star, 1936. Very Good. Washington, DC: The Evening Star, 1936. Quarto; side-stapled pictorial wrappers; 27pp.; photographs, charts, and graphs throughout. Light wear along edges, wrappers a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. A promotion for The Evening Star newspaper of Washington, DC, giving detailed information on why the DC market is optimal to... Read More
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Register of the Commissioned, Warrant, and Volunteer Officers of the Navy of the United States, Including Officers of the Marine Corps and Others, to January 1, 1865
by United States Navy
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1865. Very Good -. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1865. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); contemporary bespoke half black morocco over marbled boards, gilt spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers; 335pp.; tables throughout. Leather a bit dried and scuffed at extremities, front free endpaper separated but present, rear free endpaper starting to separate, contemporary... Read More
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Sonntagsschul-Gesangbuch der Reformirten Kirche in den Vereinigten Staaten
by Reformed Church in the United States
Deutsches Verlagshaus der Reformirten Kirche in den Ver. Staaten: Cleveland, OH, 1876. Good only. Cleveland, OH: Deutsches Verlagshaus der Reformirten Kirche in den Ver. Staaten, [1876]. "Auflage 42,000." Small octavo (17cm.); publisher's black sheep-backed printed paper-covered boards; 374,[7]pp.; sheet music throughout. Binding heavily worn with exposure at corners and along spine edges, shallow losses at spine ends, contemporary... Read More
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The Biennial Register of all Officers and Agents in the Service of the United States: With the Names, Forces, and Condition, of all Ships and Vessels Belonging to the United States
by [U.S. Department of State]
City of Washington: Printed by Blair and Rives, 1838. Very Good. City of Washington: Printed by Blair and Rives, 1838. First Edition. Octavo. 325 pp. Almost entirely tables of information throughout. Dark green boards with gilt lettering to spine; yellow endpapers. Boards show light rubbing to edges and joints; mild general staining and scuffing. Binding is sound. Endpapers... Read More
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For Love Alone
by Christina Stead
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1944]. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.00); viii,491pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins, spine and rear panels toned, boards rather soiled, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy of this uncommon novel... Read More
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The Hapsburg Monarchy
by Henry Wickham Steed
London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1913. Very Good. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1913. First Edition. Octavo. 304pp. Blue cloth boards with spine stamped in gilt; no dust jacket. Moderate wear to edges; chips to spine; heavier wear to top of front joint; general scuffing; corners bumped. Slight lean but binding sound. Spotting to endpapers; recent bookplate to... Read More
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Jim Crow Citizenship: Liberalism And The Southern Defense Of Racial Hierarchy
by Marek D. Steedman
New York: Routledge; Taylor & Francis Group, 2012. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Routledge; Taylor & Francis Group, 2012. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm) Pictorial paper over boards. 200 pp. Boards have some rubbing. Laminate separating head and foot of spine. Binding sound. Corners square. Pages clean and unmarked. Overall, a very good copy.
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![Hazard Zone [Limited Edition, Signed by Roth and Stefansson]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/238/562/1699562238.0.m.jpg)
Hazard Zone [Limited Edition, Signed by Roth and Stefansson]
by Bjorn Roth and Omar Stefansson
Basel: Dieter Roth Verlag, 1985. Very Good+. [Basel]: Dieter Roth Verlag, [1985]. First Edition, Limited to 200 copies of which this is no. 15. Slim quarto (29.5cm); publisher's pictorial paper over stiff card wrappers; [36]pp.; full color illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, else Near Fine. Signed by both collaborators on colophon in rear. Quite scarce artist's... Read More
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Italian Frescoes: The Flowering of the Renaissance, 1470-1510
by Steffi Roettgen; Antonio Quattrone and Fabio Lensini [photography]; Russell Stockman [trans.]
New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1997. Near Fine/Fine. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, [1997]. Second Printing. Large quarto; publisher's cloth in glossy pictorial dust jacket, color illustrated endpapers; 472pp.; color frontispiece, illus. throughout. Corners nudged, else a Fine example.
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On a Darkling Plain
by Wallace Stegner
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1940. Very Good. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1940. First Edition, stated. Octavo; publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in silver foil; 231pp. Ex-library, but with only institutional marking being a stamp to bottom edge of text block reading "Library Copy." Boards show light to moderate wear to edges with very brief exposure... Read More
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Sweet Thursday
by John Steinbeck
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1954. Very Good/Good+. London: William Heinemann Ltd, [1954]. First U.K. Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; viii,264pp. Jacket margins quite chipped and worn with losses at spine ends, additional small loss at bottom edge of rear panel not approaching text or image, spine cloth sunned where jacket has suffered... Read More
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![The Vessel of Splendor: A Return of the One [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/548/209/1564209548.0.m.jpg)
The Vessel of Splendor: A Return of the One [Signed]
by Raymond J. Steiner
Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press, 1978. Very Good/Very Good. Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press, 1978. First Edition. Signed by Steiner at front free endpaper with brief inscription to previous owner. Octavo. 48 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with "$4.00" price present. Brown boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket shows moderate general wear with some soiling and fading along spine.... Read More
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Desultory Correspondence: An Interview with Paul Bowles on Gertrude Stein
by Florian Vetsch; Paul Bowles; Gertrude Stein
Zurich: Memory/Cage Editions, 1997. Very Good. Zurich: Memory/Cage Editions, 1997. Stated First Printing. 12mo; 109pp. Printed paper-covered boards with no jacket, as issued. Bilingual edition in English and German. Boards a bit bumped at corners and spine ends, with some stray smudging. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Text of an conversation between Vetsch and Bowles... Read More
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The Pastures of Heaven
by John Steinbeck
New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932. Very Good. New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932. First Edition, one of 650 copies of the first issue with Brewer imprint to spine and title page. Octavo; 294pp. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt; dark topstain. Lacks dust jacket. Light wear to boards; spine faded with some smudging as is... Read More
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![The Concerto: A Listener's Guide [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/356/357/1613357356.0.m.jpg)
The Concerto: A Listener's Guide [Signed]
by Michael Steinberg
New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. First Edition. Signed by Michael Steinberg with inscription to previous owner at front free endpaper. Octavo (24cm); 506pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with $35.00 price intact. Slate and yellow boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket gently rubbed along edges. Boards mildly rubbed at extremities.... Read More
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Al-Farabi (Alphabarius) Des Arabischen Philosophen Leben und Schriften mit Besonderer Rucksicht auf die Geschichte der Griechischen Wissenschaft Unter den Arabern
by Moritz Steinschneider
Amsterdam: Philo Press, 1966. Very Good +. Amsterdam: Philo Press, 1966. Quarto. 268 pp. Green cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Text in German, Arabic, and Hebrew. Spine lightly toned and a few minor scuffs to boards. Binding sound, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, but pages otherwise unmarked. A Very Good or better copy.... Read More
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![Oasia: B-Side Series [Collection of Fourteen Zine Chapbooks] [Limited Editions, Signed by Greenberg and Highfill]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/899/563/1699563899.0.m.jpg)
Oasia: B-Side Series [Collection of Fourteen Zine Chapbooks] [Limited Editions, Signed by Greenberg and Highfill]
by Stephen Ellis [printer]; Richard Blevins, Arielle Greenberg, Mitch Highfill et al.
Portland, ME: Oasis Press, 1999. Near Fine. Portland, ME: Oasis Press, 1999-2000. First Editions, all Limited to 50 copies. Fourteen quarto bifolium volumes (28cm); illus. Just About Fine. Publication sequence as follows: No. 48. "Barren County" by Richard Blevins No. 57. "Behind the Orbits," by Jennifer Moxley No. 59. "What the Fuck Was That?" by Drew Gardner ... Read More
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Chinese Works of Art 2006
by Jules Speelman; John Mann; Felicity Stephen
London: A & J Speelman, 2006. Very Good/Very Good. London: A & J Speelman, 2006. First Edition. Quarto (32x25.5x2cm); 123pp. Full-page and close-detail full-color photographs of 55 precious objects, or sets of objects, as part of an A&J Speelman celebratory exhibition. Two gatefold spreads: one of lacquer tables; the other of eight erotic plaques in ivory. Photographic... Read More
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